Congupna Football Club

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Congupna
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Names
Full nameCongupna Football & Netball Club
Nickname(s)The Road
Club details
Founded1956;68 years ago (1956)
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Competition Murray Football League
PresidentJack Hicks [1]
Premierships8
Ground(s)Congupna Recreation Reserve
Uniforms
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The Congupna Football & Netball Club, nicknamed the Road, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Congupna located just north of Shepparton, Victoria, that currently compete in the Murray FNL.

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History

Congupna Football Club formed in 1956 and won the premiership of the Kyabram & District Football League in its first season. Congupna then transferred across to the Benalla Tungamah Football League in 1962.

The club then joined the Murray Football League in 1997. [2]

A "Congupna" football club (with no ties with the current club) played in the Goulburn Valley Football Association from 1891 to 1906, being runners up fives times, [3] only to go into recess for fifty years.

Football Premierships

Seniors
Kyabram District Football Association
1
1956
Benalla Tungamah Football League
2
1963, 1964
Tungamah Football League
4
1971, 1978, 1991, 1993
Murray Football League
1
2024

Football League Best & Fairest Winners

Seniors

Kyabram & District Football League: 1956 to 1961

Benalla Tungamah Football League: 1962 to 1996

Murray Football League: 1997 to present day

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References

  1. "2021 Congupna Club Contacts". Congupna Football Club – SportsTG. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  2. Devaney, John. "Australian Football – Congupna Football Club – Stats". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  3. "1906 - GVFA - Final Ladders". Numurkah Leader. 7 September 1906. p. 3 via Trove Newspapers.